Spider Monkey | 台北市立動物園資訊網

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Spider monkeys are primitive New World monkeys of the family ‘Atelidae’ found in tropical lowland rainforests from Mexico to South America, along the coasts and the banks of the Amazon, south to Bolivia and the Matto Grosso in Brazil and the mountain forest slopes of the Andes. Spider monkeys are restricted to arboreal habitats, mainly in the top of the tree canopy. They range from sea level to higher ground.

A recent intelligence comparison gives spider monkeys a value of a little above a gorillas[1] intelligence, so it is reasonable to believe that spider monkeys are among the most intelligent New World monkeys.

They are called spider monkeys because they look like spiders when they are suspended by their tails.

The male Spider Monkey has a body length of 38 – 48 cent...